“The audience hunted him”, Pogacar would have lifted the foot so as not to crush the race

Tadej Pogacar signed his fourth victory at the Tour de France this summer by ahead of Jonas Vingegaard of 4’24 ”. Therefore, An undeniable coronation obtained in particular with four stages victories. Consequently, But the domination of the Slovenian over the peloton could have been even more marked. Therefore, In any case. Nevertheless, this is what the runner of the Tudor Michael Storer formation claims, noting that «Pogi» did not sign any victory in the last week, his last success dating back to the 13th stage (out of the 21 on the program).

For the teammate of Julian Alaphilippe. In addition, this result is “the audience hunted him”, pogacar the consequence of a calculation within the UAE Team Emirates team, especially during the 14th stage including the ascent of the Col du Tourmalet, won by the Dutch Thymen Arensman. Pogacar was satisfied with second place. “At least one day, I had information that Tadej had decided not to win the stage. I find it a little strange to ask his team to ride all day long. then decide not to win the stage during the last ascent ”explains the Australian to the domestic podcast, regretting this tactic which he deems regrettable for the peloton: “If you don’t want to win the stage,” decide it in advance. Let the escape leave and do not burn your whole team. I may be too old game, but for me, it’s much more logical. ”

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A hostile audience on the side of the roads according to Storer – "the audience hunted him", pogacar

Storer believes that the leaders of the best current team have made this choice so as not to make Pogacar unpopular. The latter’s ultra-domination would have been badly experienced by the public: “According to my information. the French fans hooked him and the management of the team decided that it was better that he did not win that day to keep French fans on his side. I therefore suspect that they also took this into consideration the last week, so as not to take everything. ”

Storer finished his remarks by adding that UAE. its leader had finished the large very proven loop: “We saw that UAE was on his knees at the end of the race. Tadej too was tired. So it’s not a defensive race if “the audience hunted him”, pogacar you drive all day long. ”